- "Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor, we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world's poor people earn their living from agriculture, so if we knew the economics of agriculture, we would know much of the economics of being poor."
Theodore Schultz
Nobel Lecture, 1979
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Monthly Archives: April 2016
A behavioral solution to the inverse size-productivity puzzle?
Leah Bevis is a PhD candidate at Cornell’s Dyson School, and beginning as an assistant professor at Ohio State University in the fall. It has long been observed—in Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Asia—that smaller farms produce more per acre than … Continue reading →
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Tagged agricultural productivity, agriculture & rural development, behavioral economics, Uganda
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Building Resilience in Ethiopia through the Public Safety Nets Program
Erwin Knippenberg is a PhD student at Cornell’s Dyson School. El Nino is upon us with is its inevitable litany of catastrophes. Ethiopia is particularly hard hit, experiencing its worst drought in 50 years. In response, USAID has activated its … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ethiopia, food security, impact evaluation, poverty, resilience
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The Role of Andean Indigenous Crops in Climate Adaptation and Food Security in the Mantaro Valley of Central Peru
Mary Kate Wheeler is a Master’s student in Cornell’s Dyson School. Her research is supported by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future through the CARE-Cornell Collaboration. Este artículo también está disponible en español aquí. Over the past decade, Peru … Continue reading →
El Papel de los Cultivos Andinos para la Adaptación al Cambio Climático y la Seguridad Alimentaria en el Valle del Mantaro del Centro del Perú
Mary Kate Wheeler es estudiante de Maestría en la Escuela Dyson de Cornell. Su investigación es apoyada por el Centro de Atkinson para un Futuro Sostenible (ACSF) a través de la Colaboración de CARE-Cornell. This post is also available in … Continue reading →